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Are decision trees a reliable tool for making predictions, or do they have limitations?

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1 answer published. Last candidate submission on Mar 3 2026, 1:46pm PDT. Interview question asked to Data Scientists interviewing at Mollie, SwiftKey, Dell and other companies. Original question asked: Are decision trees a reliable tool for making predictions, or do they have limitations?. Question last reported by a candidate interviewing at Mozilla for a Data Scientist interview on May 29 2024, 5:34am PDT.